Toplines - Michigan Governor - February 9, 2010
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Daily Snapshot
Michigan Survey of 500 Likely Voters
Conducted February 9, 2010
By Rasmussen Reports
1* 2010 Michigan Governor Race
Mike Bouchard (R) |
41% |
Denise Ilitch (D) |
31% |
Some other candidate |
9% |
Not sure |
19% |
Peter Hoekstra (R) |
43% |
Denise Ilitch (D) |
31% |
Some other candidate |
6% |
Not sure |
19% |
Mike Cox (R) |
41% |
Denise Ilitch (D) |
32% |
Some other candidate |
8% |
Not sure |
19% |
Mike Bouchard (R) |
42% |
Alma Wheeler Smith (D) |
29% |
Some other candidate |
8% |
Not sure |
20% |
Peter Hoekstra (R) |
44% |
Alma Wheeler Smith (D) |
28% |
Some other candidate |
8% |
Not sure |
20% |
Mike Cox (R) |
45% |
Alma Wheeler Smith (D) |
30% |
Some other candidate |
8% |
Not sure |
18% |
Mike Bouchard (R) |
40% |
Andy Dillon (D) |
32% |
Some other candidate |
10% |
Not sure |
18% |
Peter Hoekstra (R) |
41% |
Andy Dillon (D) |
34% |
Some other candidate |
10% |
Not sure |
15% |
Mike Cox (R) |
35% |
Andy Dillon (D) |
36% |
Some other candidate |
11% |
Not sure |
17% |
Mike Bouchard (R) |
40% |
Virg Bernero
(D) |
31% |
Some other candidate |
9% |
Not sure |
20% |
Peter Hoekstra (R) |
43% |
Virg Bernero
(D) |
30% |
Some other candidate |
7% |
Not sure |
19% |
Mike Cox (R) |
40% |
Virg Bernero
(D) |
34% |
Some other candidate |
9% |
Not sure |
17% |
2* I’m going to read you a short list of people in the
News. For each, please let me know if you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable,
somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable impression.
Candidate for the Michigan Governor Race |
Very Favorable |
Somewhat Favorable |
Somewhat Unfavorable |
Very Unfavorable |
Not sure |
Ilitch |
17% |
19% |
20% |
14% |
30% |
Wheeler Smith |
12% |
19% |
17% |
19% |
33% |
Dillon |
6% |
29% |
19% |
13% |
32% |
Bernero |
6% |
27% |
17% |
11% |
38% |
3* How would you rate your own personal finances these
days?
10%
Excellent
27%
Good
36%
Fair
21%
Poor
6% Not sure
4* Are your personal
finances getting better these days, or worse?
19%
Better
47%
Worse
31%
About the same
4% Not sure
5* Is it possible to balance the
federal budget without raising taxes?
48%
Yes
33%
No
19%
Not sure
6* Do you favor or oppose an income tax cut for all
Americans?
55%
Favor
30%
Oppose
15%
Not sure
7* Which is a better way to create
new jobs – cutting taxes or increasing government spending?
61% Cutting taxes
17% Increasing
government spending
17% Neither
5% Not sure
8* Who is
winning the War on Terrorism…the United States and its allies or the
terrorists?
51% United States and its allies
19%
Terrorists
23%
Neither
7% Not Sure
9* Is the United States today
safer than it was before the 9/11 terrorist attacks?
43% Yes
38% No
19% Not sure
10* Do you favor or oppose the proposal to make Michigan’s full time Legislature a part time
legislature?
50%
Favor
26% Oppose
23% Not sure
11*How angry are you at the current policies of the federal
government?
42% Very angry
20% Somewhat angry
21% Not very angry
10% Not at all angry
7% Not sure
12*Would you agree or disagree
with the following statement? Neither Republican political leaders nor Democratic
political leaders have a good understanding of what is needed today?
59%
Agree
26%
Disagree
15%
Not sure
13* Generally speaking, would it better for the country if
most incumbents in Congress were reelected this November or if most of them
were defeated?
19% Better if most incumbents were reelected
62% Better if most incumbents were defeated
19% Not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level
of confidence